Car Accident

I suppose I need another venting moment, and perhaps through this blog of mine people are going to think that I am a very angry person… but this day’s circumstance is unusual so frankly I really don’t care. I am upset, annoyed, ticked off, frightened and about a million other emotions that just will not settle.

This morning at 2:05am I was driving home from the south side of town, I was heading North on West Bypass, and getting ready to go through the intersection of West Bypass and Sunshine. As I drove through the intersection I look to my right and see a car heading straight for the side of my car, I reacted quickly, took a hard left and hit the gas so that if I was hit I would be hit from the rear and not the side and be pushed down the road. I released from the pedals after the impact until I could regain some control of my car.

I am glad I did because when he saw me, you could hear him slam on the breaks and he steered left to try and avoid me. The impact with no reaction would have turned my small car and possibly hit me from not only the passenger’s side but the driver’s side as well. It could have been bad….

Well thanks to the grace of God my car was hit on passenger rear side, and I was able to get out of my car, shaky and sore…. my toes were the only thing bruised up. Also, luckily Sandor was able to come and take pictures and see if I was alright – I am incredibly grateful for this especially since it was so “late.”

While I was waiting for anyone to show up, the guy who hit me had a quick conversation covering the events. I should have taken out my palm to record the conversation so if he decided to change his story to the police officer, I would have proof of what actually happened. He also made quite a few calls while I called 911. Shortly after the calls another vehicle shows up and three females come out. One is his sister, the other his roommate and then someone else…. They pull out their cigarettes and start smoking it up. As if the situation was not crazy enough, here they were puffing away, cussing up a storm and all I could think of was that I wanted to curl up in a little ball and hide… I just wanted to go home and fall into my bed and cover my head and hide, Instead I stood there trying to be respectful of the space we were sharing…and just prayed for understanding under my breath.

It took a half an hour for the police to show up. When the police officer showed up, he asked the guy who hit me what happened. The guy sang like a canary, saying everything from “ I was not watching the road, I didn’t see the light turn red, when I looked up it was red, I was looking at gas prices…..” I just stood there still shook up, feeling a myriad of emotions, and thinking “at two in the morning, you were watching everything else, but what you are suppose to watch when you drive a car that could fatally injure someone else….” I was, however, very relieved to hear him tell the officer through his confession it was all his fault.

The officer came to me and asked me what I wanted to do, I asked “what do you mean?” He said, “well if I write a report, someone is getting a ticket, I did not see the accident, so it is up to you.” Then I looked up into the eyes of the guy who hit me, those eyes were pleading for me not to write a report. In that moment of wanting to be understanding, and believe that the goodness of humanity somewhere still remains in strangers… I wanted so much not to write the report, I had to think. I believe the officer saw that, so he told me he would give me a moment to think about it, and walked away.

I thought of what had happened to Melody earlier that month where she, out of the goodness of her heart just exchanged information and the guy skipped town. I thought of the three times my sister has experienced a life threatening hit and run. It wasn’t enough to convince me still though, until I heard the guy say to his sister “I am not sure I renewed my insurance…” Still I was not sure if I could give this guy a ticket, I mean he was genuinely sorry. This was a moment I was again incredibly grateful for the voice of reason Sandor provided.

Soooo as if all this was not enough, the officer came to me and told me there was an issue with my tags, apparently when I changed my plates everything got screwed up…He showed me what my other license plate number should be, and it was my old license plate number (you following this?) I was like “hey my old plate numbers!” He smiled and told me to go to the DMV and get this all fixed up. I asked him then, “ If I ask you to fill out a report what is the likelihood that I will get a ticket?” (the reason I ask this, is because like an idiot, I cleaned out my glove box earlier that day and forgot to put my insurance card back in-I could have been ticketed for not having it, but I did have proof that I did have some [thank you Hannah!]) He said, I am not going to write a ticket for two opposing charges, apparently the other guy did not have a current insurance card or proof at all (another red flag!) I asked if he would go ahead and write the report.

The officer helped us trade information, told me the report would be done and processed in approximately five days, and let me be on my way. Sandor followed me home to make sure I got there safely, and I text my other friends since it was nearly 4am before we got to leave. I praised the Lord for keeping me safe, and stayed up for another hour to try and calm myself down.

So here I am later today, completely upset….why you ask? Well for starters I called his insurance company and hmmm HE LET HIS INSURANCE EXPIRE! HE IS NOT COVERED! I AM INCREDIBLY AGGRIVATED! I am not sure what to do, I don’t want to use my insurance-then my rates may go up….. I shouldn’t be so critical, but how could he drive like an idiot when he knows he doesn’t have any flippin insurance? Ok a smart idiot (oxymoron right?) would have thought “gee I don’t have insurance…..maybe I should watch all of the big lights that flash my way!”

Moral of the story?! Please please please please please puuuulleeeese be responsible!

Pictures of my car and the intersection
http://www.flickr.com/photos/95145968@N00/?deleted=31170334

And one more thing, pray for understanding on my part. This whole accident has not really set with me emotionally yet…. and right now I am just annoyed that I have to deal with this. So when the emotions kick in and I am a blubbering idiot… I want to be able to remember “God watched over me that day, it could have been worse, and he let my head be clear enough to avoid something horrific…..” So yeah umm please keep me in your prayers….